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Pontiac (automobile) Pontiac or formally the Pontiac Motor Division of General Motors, was an American automobile brand owned, manufactured, and commercialized by General Motors. Introduced as a General Motors companion make program, companion make for GM's more e ...
, a car brand *
Pontiac (Ottawa leader) Pontiac or Obwaandi'eyaag (c. 1714/20 – April 20, 1769) was an Odawa war chief known for his role in the war named for him, from 1763 to 1766 leading Native Americans in an armed struggle against the British in the Great Lakes region du ...
( – 1769), a Native American war chief


Places and jurisdictions


Canada

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Pontiac, Quebec Pontiac is a municipality in the Outaouais region of western Quebec, Canada, on the north shore of the Ottawa River. It is part of Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais Regional County Municipality, located within Canada's National Capital Region. It should ...
, a municipality ** Apostolic Vicariate of Pontiac, now the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pembroke *
Pontiac Regional County Municipality, Quebec Pontiac (french: municipalité régionale de comté de Pontiac) is a regional county municipality in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada. Campbell's Bay is the county seat. It should not be confused with the municipality of Pontiac, which is ...
, an administrative division *
Pontiac (electoral district) Pontiac (formerly known as Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle) is a federal electoral district in western Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1949 and since 1968. In every election since its crea ...
, in Quebec * Pontiac (provincial electoral district), in Quebec


United States

* Pontiac, Illinois **
Pontiac Correctional Center Pontiac Correctional Center, established in June 1871, is an Illinois Department of Corrections maximum security prison (Level 1) for adult males in Pontiac, Illinois. The prison also has a medium security unit that houses medium to minimum sec ...
, a prison in Illinois * Pontiac, Indiana * Pontiac, Kansas *
Pontiac, Michigan Pontiac ( ') is a city in and the county seat of Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 61,606. A northern suburb of Metro Detroit, Pontiac is about northwest of Detroit. Founde ...
** Pontiac Silverdome, a stadium * Pontiac, Rhode Island * Pontiac Building, a registered historic place in Chicago, Illinois * Pontiac Mills, an 1863 NRHP-listed building in Rhode Island


Amtrak stations

* Pontiac station (Illinois) * Pontiac Transportation Center, in Michigan


Other uses

* ''Pontiac'' (album), 1987, by Lyle Lovett * USS ''Pontiac'', any of several ships *Marvin Pontiac, a fictional character created by musician John Lurie *"Pontiac fever", a less severe form of legionellosis


See also

* * Pontic (disambiguation) * Pontiak * Pontac {{disambiguation, geo